Insurance companies have a negotiated amount they will allow their customers to pay for a certain medicine if they get their prescription filled at an in-network pharmacy. This amount is negotiated by the PBM's. A pharmacy/pharmacist does not have to be an in-network provider for any insurance companies. Same goes for doctors, etc.

But you may not have many customers if you are not in-network with several insurance plans. If you agree to be an in-network pharmacy, then you have agreed to their reimbursement rates. So if the rates are not acceptable, then they should stop being an in-network provider.

This is how I understand it, but if I have any or all of it wrong please correct me.


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